Neon Eye Tracking Bundle
National Institutes of Health · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH OLAO
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 26-006605 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 21, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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What the notice says
The National Institute of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition to PUPIL LABS GmbH. The purpose of this requirement is to provide a firm-fixed-price contract for the Neon Eye Tracking Bundle in the Translational Biobehavioral & Health Promotion Branch (TBHP). The purpose and objective of this order is to contract/consult for a mobile brain and body measurement system for the study. Services are required of a company to provide the training, equipment and maintenance services for the mobile brain and body measurement equipme… (show all)
nt. The NIH Clinical Translational Biobehavioral & Health Promotion Branch (TBHP) is involved in the study of psychological and neural factors involved in cooking behaviors to develop adaptive and potentially therapeutic dietary behavior interventions. As part of the research, the team will conduct feasibility testing of mobile body and brain imaging and eye tracking measurement while professional and non-professional cooks are engaged in a cooking task. This project is an initial step for the Section on Dietary Behaviors and Biopsychosocial Health laboratory in determining biobehavioral factors involved in dietary behaviors. Pupil Labs GmbH is an internationally recognized leader in eye tracking technology, specializing in research-grade, wearable eye tracking systems. Since its founding in 2014, the company has focused on creating modular, open-source hardware and software solutions that enable researchers to measure visual attention and gaze behavior in real-world environments. Their products, including the Pupil Core and Pupil Invisible headsets, are widely cited in peer-reviewed literature and actively used by researchers across neuroscience, psychology, education, and human-computer interaction. Pupil Labs provides a comprehensive system for gaze-based behavioral measurement and analysis. Their solution includes high-speed binocular eye cameras, world-facing cameras for contextual video, and proprietary software for real-time gaze mapping, data collection, and analysis. The system�s compatibility with platforms such as Pupil Cloud and integration capabilities with third-party tools (e.g., Lab Streaming Layer, APIs) make it especially well-suited for mobile, naturalistic, and multi-modal research studies. Pupil Labs� offerings are designed to support experimental flexibility, high data fidelity, and robust synchronization with other physiological measures, making them ideal for feasibility and exploratory studies involving visual attention and human behavior. We have evaluated the currently available products that can provide a similar service and found that Pupil Lab offers the product and service that is most compatible with the protocol design. There are no equal alternate sources for the product. Finally, a review of the GSA Advantage, Dynamic Small Business Search, and previous government acquisitions returned no results that meet all the requirements. Therefore, only PUPIL LABS GmbH is capable of meeting the needs of this requirement.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
258 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (National Institutes of Health), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (181): middle half $90K to $17.1M, median $750K; range $12K to $89.0B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY · $BDX · $22.5B | 4 | $1.9M | Jan 26, 2026 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY Durham NC 27705 USA | 3 | $36.3M + 1 shared | Dec 21, 2025 |
| Axle Informatics Rockville MD 20852 USA | 3 | $24.5M | May 22, 2025 |
| Axle Informatics, LLC | 3 | $15.4M | Dec 15, 2025 |
| BRUKER BIOSPIN CORP · $BRKR · $3.5B | 3 | $1.7M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC · $A · $7.4B | 3 | $445K | Jul 24, 2025 |
| GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC | 3 | $318K | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Multiple_Awards Bethesda MD USA | 2 | $1.1B | Dec 17, 2024 |
| FISHER BIOSERVICES INC | 2 | $100.0M + 1 shared | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Inc. | 2 | $58.8M | Aug 1, 2025 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $BDX reported $22.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 181 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $BRKR reported $3.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 181 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
- $A reported $7.4B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 181 past awards, $750K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 9, 2026Revvity Health Sciences, Inc.$21KAutomated Cell Counter and AnalyzerNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026BCG FEDERAL CORP.$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026SIA PARTNERS U.S., INC.$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026FISHER BIOSERVICES INC$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026ADVANCED BIOSCIENCE LABORATORIES, INC.$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026PPD DEVELOPMENT LP$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION Manassas VA 20110 USA$48.0M (shared ceiling)VACCINE (AND OTHER BIOLOGIC) MANUFACTURING SERVICES FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASESShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 30, 2026Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington DC 20024 USA$23.8MNIH TRANShare Program -WMATA SmartBenefits� Program Transit Benefit ServicesNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC$215KWhole genome sequencing for investigation of age-related chronic disease in HANDLS participantsNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026EMORY UNIVERSITY 1599 CLIFTON ROAD NE 4TH FLOOR MAILSTOP 1599-001-1BA Atlanta GA 30322 USA$7.4M (shared ceiling)A--Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation StudyShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) job
- $45K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 5 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
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